CHR 518749 – Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 518749
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 March 1999
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex testacea Boott
Determiner:
Ogle CC
Identification date:
1998-12-16 (Verbatim: 16-DEC-1998)
Preferred name:
Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Bushy Park, Rangitatau East Road, Kai Iwi, Whanganui
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.797826 174.927316
Verbatim locality:
Wanganui, Kai-iwi, Rangitatau East Road, Bushy Park Reserve
Verbatim collector:
Butcher S
Standardised collector:
S. Butcher
Verbatim date:
16-DEC-1998
Start date:
1998-12-16
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngā Rauru Kītahi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
N137 466 028 (WGS84 -39.797364 174.930095)
New Zealand Map Series 260: R22 753 547 (WGS84 -39.796971 174.930274)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 39°47´ S 174°55.8´ E (WGS84 -39.783333 174.93)
New Zealand Map Series 260: R22 753 547 (WGS84 -39.796971 174.930274)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 39°47´ S 174°55.8´ E (WGS84 -39.783333 174.93)
Abundance:
Rare
Altitudes:
from 240m
Habitat:
Forest edge/track (behind Bushy Park buildings).
Abundance:
Rare
Keywords:
Clay; Dry; Flat; Hill; Humus; Loam; Margin; Sand(mud)stone; Sheltered; Sunny; Tallforest(>20m); Terrace
Notes:
Ogle 3470. From one of two tussocks seen here - not planted but could possibly be a garden escape, or seed arrived e.g. on boots? Flowers with two stigmas. Leaves V-shaped in cross section. Fruiting. Adjoining Metrosideros robusta/Melicytus ramiflorus forest (mown lawn close by). (Stan Butcher, `Forest and Bird', Lower Hutt.)
Observed species:
Melicytus ramiflorus
Metrosideros robusta
Metrosideros robusta
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